Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Cheng Fung & Benfica face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
This looks to be an interesting fixture with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last played a game. Get ready!
Cheng Fung form and stats
Action has already taken place for Cheng Fung in FA Cup as they have defeated Lun Lok and CPK to reach the 3rd Place Final.The story so far in the Primeira Division for Cheng Fung at their home stadium (Macau Olympic Complex Stadium) is 5 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats.
The supporters are hoping that Cheng Fung will fight back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-2 away defeat in the FA Cup fixture against CPK.
In the game before, a nice away victory at Lun Lok. A FA Cup game.
Cheng are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (23 goals in 8 games). With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Cheng Fung defense is not exactly impregnable. 14 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Benfica form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Monte Carlo and Sporting Macau in order to reach 3rd place final of FA Cup.Benfica's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Benfica collect 19 points from their 8 away matches in the Primeira Division. 6 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 1 defeat).
Two away games in a row for Benfica, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 against Monte Carlo in the FA Cup.
A loss against Monte Carlo was the result prior to that, in a Primeira Division home game.Benfica are scoring goals for fun in their league games away this season, having clocked up more than three goals per game on average (28 goals from 8 away games). They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Cheng Fung two wins, one draw and Benfica four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.
Cheng Fung missing players
Benfica missing players
| Cheng Fung | Benfica | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 10 | 18 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 12 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | ||
| 59 | 29 | Scored | S | 53 | 96 | ||
| 48 | 15 | Conceded | C | 8 | 20 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 90% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 90% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 85% | 80% | ||
| 72% | 90% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 62% | 64% | ||
| 44% | 30% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 38% | 48% | ||
| 48% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 30% | Clean Sheets | C S | 54% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 10% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 12% | ||
| 6 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 6.3 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.2 | 3.2 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 1.9 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 11.8 | 11.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.9 | 14.2 | ||
| 5.4 | 6.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 8.2 | 7.2 | ||
| 45% | 52% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 47% | ||
| 10.5 | 8.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.9 | 7.3 | ||
| 4.5 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | CPK | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 1 | 91 | 48 |
| 2 | Monte Carlo | 16 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 83 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 6 | 68 | 39 |
| 3 | Benfica | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 54 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 6 | 41 | 35 |
| 4 | Cheng Fung | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 40 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 25 |
| 5 | Tak Chun Ka I | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 48 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 25 | -23 | 18 |
| 6 | Lun Lok | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 45 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 24 | -26 | 18 |
| 7 | CFB Macau | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 63 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 36 | -50 | 14 |
| 8 | Sporting Macau | 16 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 45 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 19 | -36 | 8 |
| 9 | Casa de Portugal | 16 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 86 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 47 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 39 | -80 | 1 |
| 10 | Policia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
